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Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 9 Apr 2024, 3:44pm
by Janwal
Don’t know if it helps but whenever I’ve wanted to post a bike or frame in this country I’ve popped into Halfords and asked for one of the boxes that their bikes come in. Always been given one free of charge.
Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 9 Apr 2024, 4:44pm
by Pendodave
There is a big balfe bike shop just outside Gatwick, if you need one locally.
Bike boxes are a bit big to tuck under your arm though!
https://www.balfesbikes.co.uk/gatwick/
Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 2:18pm
by ciclotico
I've found out that in Gatwick there is a shop (
https://www.left-baggage.co.uk/en?conte ... %20Airport) in both terminals, South and North, where cardboard box are available but very expensive: £35. But it definitely solves my problems. Hope this will help. Ciao
Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 4:26pm
by DevonDamo
As always happens with these 'Lazarus' threads, people will now carry on with the discussion as though it were from yesterday. But here's how we got here, in case anyone else finds it a little suspicious :
(1) Six year-old thread resurrected yesterday.
(2) Jesus comes back to his Lazarus thread today to tell us he's solved his own problem by buying an empty cardboard box for £35.
(3) Jesus thinks others may want to avail themselves of this wonderful box so posts a link to a left luggage business....
Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 6:46pm
by mjr
DevonDamo wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 4:26pm
As always happens with these 'Lazarus' threads, people will now carry on with the discussion as though it were from yesterday. But here's how we got here, in case anyone else finds it a little suspicious :
(1) Six year-old thread resurrected yesterday.
(2) Jesus comes back to his Lazarus thread today to tell us he's solved his own problem by buying an empty cardboard box for £35.
(3) Jesus thinks others may want to avail themselves of this wonderful box so posts a link to a left luggage business....
But more to the point, there's nothing on that website saying they sell boxes, is there? It might be purely innocent, but it might be gaming the forum to get a link, or it might be a way of driving nuisance enquiries to that business...
Re: Packing a bike box for EasyJet flight
Posted: 10 Apr 2024, 7:16pm
by DevonDamo
mjr wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 6:46pm
But more to the point, there's nothing on that website saying they sell boxes, is there? It might be purely innocent, but it might be gaming the forum to get a link, or it might be a way of driving nuisance enquiries to that business...
This site gets its fair share of non-genuine posts, some of which have been malicious/harmful. However, this particular one is probably just an inept way to try and increase a website's ranking in search engine results. Here's an article discussing whether this tactic is effective:
https://growtraffic.com/blog/2022/01/wi ... s-rankings